Videos
Check out advertising from the Youth Vaping campaign.
See ya!
If vaping is holding our fitness goals back …
Why are we still doing this?
Let’s join the thousands quitting vapes.
Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra.
We just did it casually at the start.
But we started buying our own.
And doing it in private.
Or was it in secret?
When did it become compulsive?
Necessary, even?
See ya!
Maybe it’s time to ask:
Why are we still doing this?
Let’s join the thousands quitting vapes.
Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra.
If we’re panicking over a lost vape …
Why are we still doing this?
Let’s join the thousands quitting vapes.
Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra.
Posters
Download and share posters to help raise awareness of the health harms of vaping and support for quitting.
Social media tiles
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Social media tile – My QuitBuddy App
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Social media tile – Most vapes contain nicotine
Download and share this tile on your social media channels to help raise awareness about the harms of nicotine addiction and encourage young people to quit vapes.
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Social media tile – Vaping impacts
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Social media tile – Talking to a young person about vaping
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Social media videos
Once a young person decides they want to quit vaping, helping them find support like the My Quit Buddy app can help them succeed.
They can also talk to a professional Quit Line counsellor about vaping and how to quit.
You can get advice on what you can do as a parent or carer too.
For more information or to get help to quit, visit health.gov.au/vaping.
Rather than trying to say all the right things the first time, consider your conversations a work in progress.
Like trying to quit vaping, it might take a few goes, but once you start talking to each other, it is easier to keep talking openly.
During the conversation, remember to listen actively, provide accurate information and don't exaggerate.
Talk about peer pressure, health and take time to explain your concerns.
For more information, information or to get help to quit, visit health.gov.au/vaping.
Influencer and media partnership content
Check out content produced by our partners for the Youth Vaping Education Campaign.
[Vapes, mods, Juuls, e-cigarettes - they're all terrible for your health and for the planet. But have you ever considered what's actually inside your vape? Because I'll give you a hint, it's not all watermelon and strawberries.
Vapes are a chemical cocktail. The e-liquid alone can contain over 200 unique chemicals. Things like chlorine that's found in pool cleaners. Acrolene which is found in weed killer. Formaldehyde, which is found in cleaning products and some disinfectants. Arsenic, which is used in poisons. Benzene, which you'll see in bug spray.
Mercury, which is the metal found in batteries. And then why not add in some extra flammable lithium batteries? Don't forget the metal or plastic casings. And what about the plastic mouthpiece? And then to top it all off, why not add some extra wires on top for a bit of decorative spice? Mix it all together and you really wouldn't really want to drink that.
When vapes are littered or go into landfill, they contaminate the environment with all of these poisons. This waste takes centuries to break down. Heaps of people have already quit vapes and you can too. There are a range of supports out there so that you can quit vaping for good.]
So nervous. This brings me back to high school.
My name is Calvin, and I'm 24. I've been vaping for three years. Today I'm here to do the beep test to see what my fitness levels are like right now on the vapes. And in a few weeks, we'll do the beep test again to see what my fitness level is like off the vapes.
I would say vaping started off as social, but now it's pretty much become an everyday occurrence, and I feel like I'm a bit of a slave to vaping now.
Okay, you missed it.
All right, that's it.
I know that if I have one on me at home, it'll be the first thing I do in the morning.
As a person that's into fitness and routine is quite depressing.
How do you feel you went?
Ahh, not well. I hope giving up the vapes will give me a better internal health. I hope that, my cardio improves, and my lungs. I feel right now they're working overdrive, and they're not, they're not, ahh functioning as well as they should.
And, you're also going to be seeing a doctor.
I'm doctor Hester Wilson. What can I do for you today?
I'm quitting vaping.
Great!
Yeah, I've been vaping for three, four years now and I want to kick the habit.
For me, as a health professional, I'm really concerned about young people's health. So I want to give you credible, evidence based information so that you can make the right choices for you. What about it don't you like?
Well, I find fitness very important, and it's kind of ironic that I spend so much time working out, but I'm not doing anything for my internal health.
If you continue to vape, it becomes harder to exercise and maintain your fitness.
When you stop vaping, you may notice withdrawal symptoms. Everybody's different, and experience them in different ways, but it can be things like headache, irritability, sleeplessness, upset, or grumpy. It doesn't last. It lasts, you know, 3 to 4 days and then it passes.
Just remember, every time you don't have a vape, you're getting much closer to being a non-vaper. There are lots of supports you can access to help you on your quick journey. Family and friends of course. There's the My Quit Buddy app. And there's lots of supports online as well. You reckon you ready to start now?
More than ready. Super ready. Yeah. Excited.
What I did was I threw out my vape and I replaced it with other distractions. So now when I go to the office or going around, I carry a water bottle, which has really helped. And it's kind of been a great distraction. I've also started chewing a lot more gum and having snacks around. Tonight was the first night I went to the pub with some mates and a few of them had some vapes. It was pretty hard to turn down. But when I did, I felt pretty good about myself and just focused on having a good time.
I've actually found it's getting easier to fall asleep. Am I breathing feels much easier when I run. I can't wait to see how much improvement there is when I step back up for the beep test!
Here we are again!
How you feeling?
Nervous!
Very.
Let’s go Calvin!!
Level 7, let’s go Calvin!
Oh, mate, well done!
You don't seem anywhere near as out of breath.
I am surprised at the difference it makes not having vaped for a few weeks now. I mean, jumping up two whole levels in the beep test. If that's not proof enough then I don't know what it is. I'm really grateful for this experience, and I fully recommend that everyone get off the vapes. Day to day, I feel better and doing fitness things like this. It’s so noticeable, so I can't recommend it enough. If you care about your fitness. You gotta drop the vapes and you'll see the improvements.
Well done mate!
Yay Calvin!
For more tips on how to quit head to health.gov.au/vaping.
Stakeholder kit
Youth vaping education campaign – stakeholder kit
Research
